Cláudio MacDowell

Directing

Cláudio MacDowell

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Known for

The Next Victim poster
7.4

A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.

The Next Victim

1995

A Máfia no Brasil poster
7.0

The story begins when the police find a murdered young woman and link the crime to the activities of a drug gang. One of the central characters of this gang is Lucien, protagonist of the miniseries. He is one of the main mafia leaders in the country and the son of the powerful boss of União Corsa. Lucien disputes authority within the organization with Lorenzo, his antagonist. Still in the first chapter, Lucien meets the model Heloísa. The young woman comes from a middle-class family and dreams of social mobility. He falls madly in love with her, and the two begin a rapturous romance.

A Máfia no Brasil

1984

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina poster
5.0

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages ​​from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

2021

The King of the Candle poster
5.3

Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.

The King of the Candle

1982

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7.7

The plot deals with the developments in an old decadent village after a stranger arrives at the old train station, an event in itself. This stranger is a Brazilian musician who carries and plays his "oboe". The music from the oboe, the musician's instrument, will change the lives of everyone involved, and that small village itself will forever be changed by the sound of the oboe.

The Call of the Oboe

1998

Insônia poster
9.0

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

Insônia

1982

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera